Despite most of the Israeli leadership appearing to give in to the US position to hold off an attack on Iran, Netanyahu is still pushing

The White House has rejected a request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet President Barak Obama in the United States later this month, in what has to be the biggest snub yet in a tense relationship between the two leaders.

According to an Israeli official, Netanyahu had asked to meet with Obama when he visits the United Nations in New York this month and “the White House has got back to us and said it appears a meeting is not possible. It said that the president’s schedule will not permit that.”

The news follows recent comments by the Prime Minister that the Obama administration had no moral right to block an Israeli military strike on Iran, despite the fact that nearly everyone except the messianic war-monger Netanyahu believes there is no imminent threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon and that such a preventive war would be entirely discretionary.

The White House denied it had anything to do with a snub, claiming the declined request was purely about scheduling.

The Obama administration has been clear in recent weeks that the US will not back an Israeli strike on Iran, preferring instead to negotiate and impose harsh economic sanctions. Most Israeli officials, up to and including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, seem to have given in to this position, but Netanyahu seems to have gone rogue in a lonely rhetorical battle to condemn the US position.

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What else can an ally do? The U.S shelters Israel from all diplomatic condemnations and gives them billions of dollars in aid every year. And here they are, still wanting them to bleed and die for them. That's asking a lot from a friend.

Good for the Obama Administration for putting that psycho Nuttyahoo in his place. It's time for all sensible Israeli leaders to kick him out and begin the negotiating process to defuse the serious tensions in the already volatile region.

Netanyahu, YOU have NO right whatsoever to demonize Obama's right to put America's interests first for a change. You have LOST whatever little backing you had from the US Military, when you shot off your big mouth and insulted one of our military's best commanders, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey. We're NOT YOUR SLAVE! Get that?

I wish I could say that Obama was doing this because it's the right thing to do–but alas, I truly believe it's because he doesn't want to make this decision before the election. After November, he'll give the Israeli nutcase the green light.

Nothing but a chess game, something for isra el opponents to cheer and drool over.
US will defend and support isra el with all military resources.
After election (doesn't matter who wins)….BOOOM! , the liberation of Iran will begin.

The truth is Israel is not a friend and never has been.America and everyone else needs to stop financing these warmongers.I'm not speaking about all Israelies but,a huge majority expecially in their government.

The ONLY reason Natanyhu can keep up the pressure on our President is because he has the support of AIPAC !!
The Religious Right does NOT help either.
Natanyahu uses AIPAC to blackmail our Government by telling them "to use your influence"
the same way Menachem Begin did in his misguided efforts to engage the US in Israel's terrorist activities in the Midlle East.

The USA and EU been paying with all kind of price to keep this Apartheid regime a life, it has come to a point that the entire world is sick and tired of this man and his demand wanting to have more and more. It is time for the world, US and EU to stop playing Israelis government game, Israel either needs to correct itself and obey the international laws, give all lands that are stolen and let the Palestinians to have their country as they had a country PALESTINE, before it was stolen by Jewish terrorism dividing PALESTINE with Jewish immigrant from US, Russia, Poland and EU.

Don't trust politicians. 99.99% of them are bad news. They are not normal. Netanyahu needs to be put into a straight jacket, and have his mouth stuffed with tube socks. Remember. Mitt Loves the guy. Case closed. Don't we have enough death, and noise to deal with ? The world has turned ugly, and it irks me.

This has nothing to do with principles or putting the USA first. This is about Obama not wanting to commit to anything prior to an election. Bibi's really stretching to try to force the issue now. I think he's just aiming to ignite the israeli-firsters in an attempt to either extract fealty from Obama or maybe boost Romney.

Who in Iran asked you to be liberated? Some prostitutes or gays? I say take them all to your beloved America if you care. Then again, where were people like you when the Shah had his boots on every Iranian's head?
People like you make me sick.

Do you mean "liberation" like in Irag, Afganistan, Libya? …simply mass murder?, destroyed countries…?
Than I sugest, You take Your wife, whole family and close friends to Iran and report from there when Iran liberation starts. It will sure have healty efect especially on Your childern …
.If you love so much wars, weapons and horrors of wars – be present over there ,from start to finish!!!!
First go to Gaza for a month, so You can report what "only democracy" does to peoples lives!! …peter czech

Netanyahu is a dual citizen, He grew up in a wealthy home on the main line of Philadelphia. I would like to see him give up the USA citizenship since he only wants our kids to die for Israel. With USA citizenship he has the right to run from any mess he created in Israel and enter the USA. Israel is now not allowing dual citizenship for some of the offices that they consider it not a good idea. If Israel questions dual citizens why do we not?

My faith was lost in global equilibrium after destruction of Libya, Syria is a gateway to Persia militarily and politically (for greater isre al)

I would like to see Russian aircraft (or other serious military measures) over Syria as show of force…but there will be none.
Russia doesn't have the military resources to stand up to NATO, China can not be trusted.